Cambridge High and Latin School

Josephine Rita Sullivan “Babe”

Josephine Rita Sullivan (“Babe”) appears in the 1927 yearbook of Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, MA, listed at 18 Copley Street. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1927

459 in the class of 1927 · 398 more named Sullivan

Full name: Josephine Rita Sullivan
Known as: Babe
Lived at: 18 Copley Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Came from: Webster Grammar School
Headed for: Stenographer

Also searched as: Babe Sullivan; Josie Sullivan; Josephine Sullivan; Josephine R. Sullivan.

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Neighbours 4
Same surname 378
Classmates 458
Same schools 218

In context

Of the 459 entries from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 read for this site, Josephine's is 409th alphabetically. Find Josephine on page 133 of the scan; the people on this site from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1927 are spread over pages 29 to 145. Sullivan is the most common surname in the class, shared by 7 people. Counting Josephine, 50 people in the class are listed as coming from Webster Grammar School. Plans for a college or university made up 54% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1927 (191 of 355), against 55% in 1926 and 58% in 1928.

On the same scan page	Helen Elizabeth Sullivan, James Vincent Sullivan, Louise Edna Sullivan
Same earlier school	Webster Grammar School: 49 other classmates
Same kind of plan	work: 41 of 393 classmates with a plan (10%)
The book's own title	Golden Treasury

At home, 18 Copley Street

The 1926–27 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Sullivan at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Daniel F Sullivan (wife Mary), firemn pumping sta householderpage
Daniel F Sullivan Jr., clerk lived herepage

The Sullivan household is listed here in 1925 and 1928 too.

What Josephine did at school

G. A. A., 1924–25

What the yearbook said

All felt behind the singer stood A sweet and gracious womanhood.

Also grew up on Copley Street

The class of 1927

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Others named Sullivan

Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.

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Also came from Webster Grammar School

Also headed for Stenographer

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1927, page 133. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1927unse).

Published 1927, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Malden Public Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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